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Or get wheel spacers. You'll want at most 3.75BS but to find wheels like it in a 16" might be a difficult task. Try American Racing or Cragar.

The VQ should be filled with mid-grade (89 AKI) or premium (91 AKI); it's a higher compression engine. The VG, on the other hand, is lower compression, and should run on regular (87 AKI). If your engine is running too lean, that could be a dirty MAF. Hopefully, that's what it is. Otherwise, there are other reasons for it. Start with the MAF and hope for the best.

Castrol Syntec 5W-30 since I got my R50 in spring '08 but my last oil change I went with Motul XCess 8100 5W-40, always with OEM Nissan filters. Engine runs quieter since switching to Motul and the oil on the dipstick is a whole lot cleaner. Love it.

Awesome! Does the intake move at all or is it pretty much stationary?

I've been running Motul 8100 X-cess 5W-40 for the last 10,000km and it's treated my rig quite well. I check the dipstick every two weeks and after 8,000km, the colour's still lighter than when I was running Castrol Syntec 5W-30 at 5,000km intervals.

Thanks! The staggered M-Pars came with the car and I'm trying to source another set out of Japan at the moment. I'm hoping to add a E31 840Ci to my stable in the future. That's quite the solid list! I love the E36 M3, very good car. I've never heard of anyone dropping a SR into a Miata but sweet! Beautiful car. Still my favourite gen RX-7. Magnificent Z! I had to grab a towel to clean up all the drool...

Quite a list! I'm going the one-time route with my install. I've learned piecing things together lead to problems so I'm going to get everything I need first, and then install it all at once. I'm hoping spring 2011.

Looks ridonkulous, Andrew! Nice work!

Think of the monoframe like any other frame. It's a similar box design like any other unibody vehicle. And what B said about the strut tower brace holds true in this regard. This link stiffens up the unibody "frame" (for lack of a better word) by linking together two parallel points, much like a strut tower brace on car applications. In effect, flex (albeit minimal) is reduced and torsional rigidity is increased. There's a noticeable improvement in overall control and much less body roll and mushiness when it comes to tight turns and bumpy and lumpy roads. For $40 plus shipping (if applicable), it feels like a whole new truck. Especially if you're running larger than OEM tires, which is the case for many of us.

Thanks for the link. That looks like it might work. The JDM headlights have xenon lamps as headlights, which can be levelled higher and lower depending on driving conditions (driving in the city vs. driving in the country).

Hell yeah! Looks killer bro!

It's a R50, just not a model ever sold on this side of the pond. Terrano R3m-R... RHD. With all the Japanese goodies we never saw. The top switch is the rear glass release actuator switch. The bottom switch is the HID leveler switch for the headlights.

You go first there, Andrew... One more of max's R50 on giant-ass tires:

Anyone know the part # of the lower headlight switch in this pic? For the life of me, I can't figure out what it is.

Rear spacers are one more thing to worry about if you ask me.

A TD27 alone might not be all that powerful but you'll get more torque than the VG33E. With a few simple bolt-on mods (turbo, intercooler, exhaust, etc.) and a chip tune you could get some pretty wicked power out of the 2.7L. The QD32ETI was the turbo diesel engine available in the '98- R50 Terrano and Terrano Regulus. It'd be virtually a direct drop in if you had all the supporting hardware. I'm not sure about the transmission and if it's reprogrammed differently, though. I've been trying to source a complete engine with transmission but it's proving to be neither easy nor cheap. As for the Isuzu option, all I know is it's a 3.0L inline-4 turbo diesel, similar to the ZD30DDTi engine found in the '99-'04 R50 Terrano. That's all I know at the moment. Sorry.

^ Sounds like a good post to me. And a good read. I'm so sick of whiners.

Banned for getting sniped in this thread.

PM sent, Mr. B. Yeah, it's just safer to say this. You say Merry Christmas to the wrong person, and you might as well have insulted his/her honour. So silly.

Banned for being a long-time ass.

Could be bushings. Then again, could be coils, too. Might be time to replace them. Nice rig, BTW! Start a Members' Rides thread!

I think the best option would be the JDM equivalent motor for a '98 R50, either the TD27 or the QD32ETI. I know Isuzu makes full turbo diesel swap kits for our type of vehicle; I'm just not sure where to find out more information. What I do know is it's a 3.0L inline-4 direct injection engine.

If you mean what I think you do, the answer is no. I have my Black Panther front skid installed and it doesn't even come close to interfering with the Missing Link. The mid-skid, on the other hand, may pose a challenge but that's just me speculating.

The D22 Navara/Frontier/Xterra snorkel from Safari does work and requires slight modification to make it look pretty much perfect. Dan (vengeful) had it on his R50 and it looked sweet.

I hate to sound like a broken record but it's money well-spent. It seems to complete the R50 (at least from a rigidity standpoint).